1940-41 Austrian football championship

The 1939-40 Austrian football championship (Gauliga Ostmark also Fußball-Sportbereichsklasse Ostmark 1940/41) was the third season of the Gauliga Ostmark in annexed Austria.

Gauliga Ostmark
Season1940-41
ChampionsSK Rapid Wien
RelegatedGrazer SC ; LASK
Matches played90
Goals scored468 (5.2 per match)
Top goalscorerFranz Binder
(27 goals)
1939-40
1941-42

General informations

Rapid Wien became champions of the Gauliga for the second time in a row and Austrian champions for the 14th time.

With this victory, Rapid qualified for the 1940/41 German football championship. They made it into the final. On 22 June 1941 in front of almost 100,000 spectators in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin they played against FC Schalke 04. They won 4-3 and were German champion.

The two bottom-placed teams from the Gauliga were Grazer SC (Styria) and Linzer ASK (Upper Donau). They were relegated. Promotion and relegation, which had been suspended in 1939, was reintroduced for 1940/41. After the end of the war, each club was put into the league that it held in August 1939 - before the start of the war.

Table

Pl. Name M W D L P
1. SK Rapid Wien 18 12 4 2 28
2. SC Wacker Wien 18 10 4 4 24
3. First Vienna FC 18 11 2 5 24
4. FK Austria Wien 18 10 2 6 22
5. SK Admira Wien 18 8 5 5 21
6. Wiener Sport-Club 18 7 4 7 18
7. FC Wien 18 6 5 7 17
8. Floridsdorfer AC 18 7 3 8 17
9. Grazer SC 18 4 1 13 9
10. LASK[1] 18 0 0 18 0

[2]

Matches

The games were often scheduled arbitrarily and so are most of the discrepancies between rounds and game date were clear. The home advantage was not important. Only Rapid and Wacker played on their home pitches. Most of the matches took place as part of double events.

Round 1

Date Team 1 Team2
1 September 1940 FK Austria Wien Wiener Sport-Club 3-0
1 September 1940 Floridsdorfer AC LASK 6-3
1 September 1940 Grazer SC SC Wacker Wien 1-2
1 September 1940 First Vienna FC FC Wien 1-3
3 November 1940 SK Rapid Wien SK Admira Wien 6-1

Round 2

Date Team 1 Team2
8 September 1940 SK Admira Wien Grazer SC 8-1
8 September 1940 FC Wien SK Rapid Wien 3-1
8 September 1940 LASK FK Austria Wien 1-4
3 November 1940 Floridsdorfer AC SC Wacker Wien 5-2
3 November 1940 Wiener Sport-Club First Vienna FC 3-0

Round 3

Date Team 1 Team2
15 September 1940 SK Admira Wien FC Wien 1-1
15 September 1940 FK Austria Wien SC Wacker Wien 3-1
15 September 1940 Grazer SC Floridsdorfer AC 5-2
15 September 1940 First Vienna FC LASK 8-1
8 December 1940 SK Rapid Wien Wiener Sport-Club 2-3

Round 4

Date Team 1 Team2
29 September 1940 FC Wien Grazer SC 1-1
29 September 1940 Floridsdorfer AC FK Austria Wien 4-2
8 December 1940 SC Wacker Wien First Vienna FC 0-1
15 December 1940 Wiener Sport-Club SK Admira Wien 3-3
22 December 1940 LASK SK Rapid Wien 0-9

Round 5

Date Team 1 Team2
13 October 1940 FC Wien Wiener Sport-Club 2-1
13 October 1940 Grazer SC FK Austria Wien 0-3
13 October 1940 SK Rapid Wien SC Wacker Wien 1-1
13 October 1940 First Vienna FC Floridsdorfer AC 4-0
13 October 1940 SK Admira Wien LASK 6-2

Round 6

Date Team 1 Team2
20 October 1940 FK Austria Wien First Vienna FC 0-0
20 October 1940 LASK FC Wien 3-3[3]
20 October 1940 SC Wacker Wien SK Admira Wien 3-3
15 December 1940 SK Rapid Wien Grazer SC 11-1
22 December 1940 Floridsdorfer AC Wiener Sport-Club 0-2

Round 7

Date Team 1 Team2
27 October 1940 SK Admira Wien Floridsdorfer AC 3-3
27 October 1940 FK Austria Wien SK Rapid Wien 0-3
27 October 1940 FC Wien SC Wacker Wien 1-4
27 October 1940 Grazer SC First Vienna FC 0-4
27 October 1940 Wiener Sport-Club LASK 7-0

Round 8

Date Team 1 Team2
10 November 1940 FC Wien FK Austria Wien 0-1
10 November 1940 LASK Grazer SC 3-6
10 November 1940 First Vienna FC SK Admira Wien 2-5
10 November 1940 SC Wacker Wien Wiener Sport-Club 1-0
12 January 1941 Floridsdorfer AC SK Rapid Wien 0-7

Round 9

Date Team 1 Team2
24 November 1940 LASK SC Wacker Wien 1-9
1 December 1940 FK Austria Wien SK Admira Wien 2-0
1 December 1940 Floridsdorfer AC FC Wien 3-1
1 December 1940 SK Rapid Wien First Vienna FC 7-0
1 December 1940 Wiener Sport-Club Grazer SC 5-0

Round 10

Date Team 1 Team2
2 March 1941 SK Admira Wien SK Rapid Wien 1-9
2 March 1941 FC Wien First Vienna FC 1-7
2 March 1941 SC Wacker Wien Grazer SC 5 -3
2 March 1941 Wiener Sport-Club FK Austria Wien 0-6
27 April 1941[4] LASK Floridsdorfer AC 0-3

Round 11

Date Team 1 Team2
19 January 1941 FK Austria Wien LASK 21-0 [5]
19 January 1941 SC Wacker Wien Floridsdorfer AC 7-1
26 January 1941 Grazer SC SK Admira Wien 1-4
23 March 1941 SK Rapid Wien FC Wien 5-5
23 March 1941 First Vienna FC Wiener Sport-Club 3-2

Round 12

Date Team 1 Team2
23 February 1941 FC Wien SK Admira Wien 4-5
23 February 1941 Floridsdorfer AC Grazer SC 0-0 [6]
23 February 1941 LASK First Vienna FC 0-0 [7]
23 February 1941 SC Wacker Wien FK Austria Wien 2-2
23 February 1941 Wiener Sport-Club SK Rapid Wien 2-2

Round 13

Date Team 1 Team2
2 February 1941 SK Admira Wien Wiener Sport-Club 6-4
2 February 1941 FK Austria Wien Floridsdorfer AC 1-2
2 February 1941 SK Rapid Wien LASK 11-3
11 May 1941 First Vienna FC SC Wacker Wien 3-6
23 February 1941 Grazer SC FC Wien 0-2

Round 14

Date Team 1 Team2
9 March 1941 FK Austria Wien Grazer SC 3-1
9 March 1941 Floridsdorfer AC First Vienna FC 0-8
9 March 1941 SC Wacker Wien SK Rapid Wien 2-3
9 March 1941 Wiener Sport-Club FC Wien 3-3
23 March 1941 LASK SK Admira Wien 0-1

Round 15

Date Team 1 Team2
6 April 1941 SK Admira Wien SC Wacker Wien 1-4
6 April 1941 FC Wien LASK 0-0 [8]
6 April 1941 First Vienna FC FK Austria Wien 3-1
6 April 1941 Wiener Sport-Club Floridsdorfer AC 4-1
25 May 1941 Grazer SC SK Rapid Wien 3-4

Round 16

Date Team 1 Team2
30 March 1941 Floridsdorfer AC SK Admira Wien 3-3
30 March 1941 LASK Wiener Sport-Club 2-6
30 March 1941 SK Rapid Wien FK Austria Wien 1-0
30 March 1941 First Vienna SC Grazer SC 4-1
30 March 1941 SC Wacker Wien FC Wien 2-1

Round 17

Date Team 1 Team2
16 March 1941 SK Admira Wien FK Austria Wien 4-1
16 March 1941 FC Wien Floridsdorfer AC 3-3
16 March 1941 Grazer SC Wiener Sport-Club 2-1
16 March 1941 First Vienna SC SK Rapid Wien 1-1
16 March 1941 SC Wacker Wien LASK 9-1

Round 18

Date Team 1 Team2
16 February 1941 SK Admira Wien First Vienna SC 2-3
16 February 1941 FK Austria Wien FC Wien 2-1
16 February 1941 SK Rapid Wien Floridsdorfer AC 5-4
16 February 1941 Wiener Sport-Club SC Wacker Wien 1-1
29 June 1941 Grazer SC LASK 0-0 [9]

References

  1. Some LASK games were penalized because Linz did not appear.
  2. Austria Soccer
  3. Use of the unauthorized player Ludwig Lutz at LASK with 0:0 verified
  4. On the original match day,2 March, canceled because of unusability of the NSKL pitch .
  5. Highest championship victory in Austrian football history (although against only 9 LASK players). LASK started the game with seven players, because due to a train delay 5 players arrived late.
  6. Grazer SC did not play. The game was rescheduled 4 May.The Graz team was once again unable to field a team on this date.
  7. Linzer ASK did not play.
  8. LASK was unable to field a team and did not compete.
  9. LASK did not compet